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Making Transportation Resilient to Climate Change

CM | 1.25

Date: Tuesday, April 16

Begins: 10:30AM

Ends: 11:45AM

Activity Code: S624

Room: Columbus Hall I/J

Transportation agencies nationwide are grappling with how to address the significant threats that climate change poses to transportation systems. This session presents the results of federal studies that investigated ways transportation agencies can cope with climate change. Hear how Mobile, Ala., developed a countywide vulnerability assessment. And learn how a National Academy of Sciences project established best practices for incorporating climate adaptation into transportation planning.

Participants

Work: Rob Hyman has more than a decade’s experience in climate change policy. He recently joined FHWA’s Sustainable Transport and Climate Change Team. Prior to joining FHWA, he was an Associate at Cambridge Systematics working on a variety of transportation, climate, and air quality issues.